It’s mid-morning, mid-week in a third grade classroom in Iowa. The kids and I are about to start drawing portraits of dogs at their local shelter with a goal of helping the dogs get adopted. It’s all part of CritterKin’s “Be Kind” project...

Have you ever thought about what doesn’t make the news? From a dog’s perspective, there isn’t a lot to recommend the TV news programs, or even the printed newspapers. Most of what makes headlines has to do with tragedies, fights and...